Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-01-04

who had been instructor in the department of
Natural History for fifteen years, resigned,
aud Prof. Francis l.. Harvey, formerly OF the
Arkansas Industrial University. was els ctsd
to I'll the vacancy.
Mr.. A. Z. Spencer OF Bradley has con.
dlcted the affairs of the boarding house
through two terms very accepIably.
The usefulness of the shops for instruction
in vise-work. forge-work, carpentry and wood
turning was greatly increased by a judicious
a plication of the money appropriated by the
| legislature of 1885 for finishing rooms in the
shop building. The Trustees find there has
been no abatement of interest in shop prac-
tice.
In referring to the loss of the college cat
| tie the Trustees saw it was a severe misfur
tune to the college. 1t cut of source of
income much needed by the farm, in addition
to the serious loss involved. The State,
however, will find compensation by having
had the attention of its citizens called to the
character of specific and contagious aud
destructive disease that has hitherto been but
| little recognized US such in the State. 1t is
safe to say there are few towns in the Stare
where losses by this disease have not oc.
CURED
A new building for the accommodation of
the departments of Natural History and
| Agriculture is asked for, and it is safe to saw
| that such step would double the value of
| the services of the gentlemen who have
| charge
The Trustees state tina. they could not do
otherwise than give their entire approval IF
the action of the Faculty in the hazing dis
tnrbsuce. The question that confronted the
| Faculty was, shall we retain the disciplinary
powers of the institution, or surrender them
to the students? The only answer was given
| that would have satisfied the friends of the
| College, and the institution comes from the
ordeal, healthier, stronger and better than
ever. 1t is proper to say that parents have
lhe right to demand that their sons at the
college shall be protected from the abuses in
volved in the baroaric practice of hazing.
| Notwithstanding the college has been sub
jected to the strain of occurrences of an unus-
ual character during the year its prospects
! were never brighter than now. Its capabili-
ties for better work have been constantly
increasing, and indications point to a more
rapid advance in usefulness in the future.
| PRESIDENTS REPoRT.
The President, Prof. NJ. C. Fernald,reports I:
The endowment fund established by the na-
tional government amount. to Sl3l 300, and
Yields an annual revenue of 81, ,43S. Ex Gov.
| Coburn increased the endowment by $780,
600. The State appropriations have amount
ed t. S2l2,6lS. The buildings are valued at
Sl25 900; the apparatus at $4,000; the
library at $1,000; the farm tools, stock, car
riaVes, etc, at $4,000; making total of
| Sl65, 600. The amount from the State de-
voted to instruction has averaged approxi-
mately $500 a year The number of gradu-
ates is 23S; non-graduates. 1868 The latter
class has pursued studies at the college
through periods, ranging, in individual cases,
g., H. l-IE
averaging one and a half years. These num-
bers do not include the 1903 students now
catalogued and it appears that GOA students
have enjoyed or are enJoring the advantages
| of the courses of instruction.
| The number of graduates prior to June,
| 1886, was 222 OF these II have died, leav-
| ing 2ll. An examination made in July dis
closed the fact that of these Is are farmers
and / specialists in agriculture; 38, civil
engineers; %, mechanical engineers, and %
engaged in manufacturing; making 40 per
cent engaged in these important forms of in
dustry. OF the l07 graduates remaining, 80
are teachers and 81 engaged temporarily in
miscellaneous calings. or the lvisg grad
uates under notice, per cent are engaged in
the professions, and 81 employed in other
industries Of the living non-graduates
whose occupations are known, Is per cent
| dit III ptClcstlOus, anu OF per cent III IN
dustres.
1t is recommended that the conditions of
study be advanced so as to include after June,
1885, in addition to what is now required, all
of Guyots Physical Geography or an equiva-
lent, Bookkeeping and Algebra from Quad
ratio Equasions to logarithms.
The "Prentiss Prizes" will be continued
Nehemiah kittridge. Esq, Of Bangor, ha,
generously placed under the control of the
President and Trustees of the college 5000
to be used as loan fund to meritorious stu
dents needing temporary aid. The loans are
to he made under prescribed conditions.
President Fernald invites attention to q
suggestion which he has heard made many
times relative to the investment of the Co.
burn hequest. fh. suggestion ia this that il
would be fitting response 10 the munifcence
of exc " Coburn for the State TO receive
the money beq1eathed. and to issue therefor
a bond on long period bearing per cent
interest payable sem annually to the college
treasurer. Thus the State ycnld become es-
sentially the custodian Of the fund
The estimated cost of the proposed building
for the departments of natural history anC
agriculture with the necessary cases, fixtures
heating apparatus &C., is SIS, 200. The 9th
er need. for the next two years are, according
20 the President, for instruction above e.ti
mated receipts, 81 900; travelling expenses o
trustees, $500; insurance, 5000 for appara
Jus Tor several departments,-ci engineer
ing, S400; agriculture. $3.50; mechanical en-
neering, $3.50; shop, Sl75; chemistry, $3.50
natural history, $500; physics, S375 military
department, $l00; aggregating 81, 800; fol
building tank for water supply, perfectne
drainage system and other sanitary improve
ments, 81 900; for miscellaneous items, $3.50
These several sums, including that for th'
building, aggregate S27, $50.
To make good the loss and provide for the
re-establishment of the herd, $1,000 will bs
required. 1000 will be needed TO finish the
Goddard barn.
FROM REPORTS OF OTHER OFFICERS
Five full courses of instruction are pro
vided, viz: course in Agriculture, il
Civil Engineering, in Chemistry, and il
Science and Literature. There are now thre.
shops equipped according to the Russian sys
tenn, and work in these is required of al
students in this course. 1t 10 a characteristic
feature of the college, that il makes provis
ion for labor. thus combining practice with
theory, manual labor with scientific culture
Thorough instruction in Military Science il
given by an officer detailed by the Secretary
Of war.